Under the Volcano (1984): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

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Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin; Jacqueline Bisset as Yvonne Firmin; Anthony Andrews as Hugh Firmin; Ignacio López Tarso as Dr. Vigil; Katy Jurado as Senora Gregoria; James Villiers as Brit; Dawson Bray as Quincey; Carlos Riquelme as Bustamante

About Under the Volcano

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

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